Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01189292
Preoperative Single-dose Steroid Application for the Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting After Thyroid Surgery
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 152 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The study is to compare the postoperative recovery, as determined by postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after preoperative application of single-dose dexamethasone versus saline in patients undergoing partial or total thyroidectomy.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Dexamethasone | 8mg (2ml) of dexamethasone (Mephameson®) administered intravenously preoperatively before thyroid surgery |
| OTHER | NaCl 0.9% | 2ml of NaCl 0.9% administered intravenously preoperatively before thyroid surgery |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-05-01
- Completion
- 2013-06-01
- First posted
- 2010-08-26
- Last updated
- 2015-07-07
- Results posted
- 2015-07-07
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Switzerland
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01189292. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.